英语口语畅谈世界文化之巴西11:Pele 贝利

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英语口语畅谈世界文化

之巴西11:Pele 贝利

Fl : Friend I       F2 : Friend 2
Fl:朋友   F2：朋友2

F2：Did you get the book I was talking about?
F2：我说过的那本书，你买到了吗？

F1:Yes, Latirro Sports Legend . It's really interesting.
Fl：买到了．<拉丁美洲运动员传奇>．写得非常有意思。

F2:Did you find the section on Pcle?
F2：你找到关于贝利的那一节了吗？

F1:Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, to be exact.
F1：确切地说是埃德森•阿兰特斯•多纳西门。

F2:You've read it then! Yes, he is probably the greatest footballer in history, but he came from humble beginnings.
F2：那你肯定是读过了。是的，他也许是历史上最伟大的足球运动员，但他的出身非常贫寒。

F1:Yes, from a very poor family and grew up in Tres Coracos, Brazil. His parent called him" Dico " .
F1：是这样．他出生在一个非常贫穷的家庭，在巴西的特雷斯科拉松伊斯镇长大。他父母叫他“迪科”。

F2:I didn't know that. He has so many names!
F2：这些我不清楚。他有那么多名字！

F1:And it was his Dad that taught him football.
Fl:是他爸爸教他踢的足球。

F2:Yes, I think his Dad could have been a great footballer too, but he broke his leg and that stopped him from making it into a career.
F2：是的，我认为他爸爸本应该也能成为伟大的足球运动员，但不幸的是他的腿断了，导致他不能把踢足球当成职业。

F1:It said in the book that he was discovered when he was 11 by another famous footballer, who took him to Sao Paulo. He started playing for a professional team when he was just 16 years old.
F1：书上说，他11岁时被另一个有名的足球运动员发现，并把他带到了圣保罗。他正式进入职业足球趴时只有16岁。

F2: Yes, and as he got older, he got even better! He represented Brazil in 4 World Cups, but in 1958 he almost didn't play because of a knee injury.
F2：是的，而且随着年龄的增大，他越来越棒！他4次代表巴西队参加世界杯比赛，但1958年由于膝盖受伤差点踢不厂球。

F1: He's lucky that the injury didn't significantly affect his career, many footballers have injured themselves and never play again.
Fl：幸运的是这次受伤对他的足球生涯没有太大的影响，而很多足球运动员受伤后都不能再踢球了。

F2:Well, in 1962 he actually couldn't play in the World Cup Finals against Chile, because of an injury.
F2：到了1962年．由于受伤，在巴西对智利的世界杯决赛中他实际上已经踢不了球了。

F1: Oh, I see. Did you know that several European clubs offered him lot of money to move to their teams?
Fl：噢．我明白了。有几家欧洲俱乐部给他丰厚的待遇让他加入他们的球队，你知道这些吗？

F2: Yes. I read that Brazil declared him an official "national trea.ure", to keep him in the country.
F2：知道。我从书上看到巴西正式宣布他为“国宝”，要把他留在国内。

F1:But his best was still to come! In 1970, at the World Cup Finals in Mexico, Pele scored Brazil's l00th World Cup goal! He is now very well-known for that goal, which was scored against Italy.
F1：但是他最精彩的故事还在后面呢1 1 970年，在墨西哥的世界杯决赛中，贝利为巴西队在世界杯比赛中踢进了第100粒球！那是在巴西队对意大利队比赛时赢得的，他为此威名远扬。

F2: When did he retire? I think he must be really old now.
F2：他什么时候挂的靴？我想他现在年纪一定很大了。

F1: He retired in 1974,  but then played in America for a while.
Fl：他1974年挂靴，但后来又在美国踢了一段时间的球。

F2: Also, in 1993 his name was entered into the Soccer Hall of Fame and in 2000 he was awarded Sports Person of the Century.
F2：此外．1993年他的名字被列入了“足球名人堂”．2000年被授予“本世纪最佳足球运动员”称号。

F1: Wow! He is definitely a football legend !
F1：哇，他的确是个足球奇人！

【单词词组讲解】
Latino Sports Legends拉丁美洲运动员传奇   
national treasure国宝
his best was still come他最糟彩的故事还在后面
Soccer Hall of Fame足球名人堂
A football legend  一个足球奇人

【背景介绍】
埃得森·阿兰德斯·多·纳西门托，KBE（葡萄牙语：Edison Arantes do Nascimento，昵称贝利， ( 1940年10月23日－）是一位前巴西著名足球员，入球过千。他可以打中前后场任何一个位置，甚至守门员也能胜任。球技出神入化，被称为“世界球王”。他参加过4次世界杯足球赛，是世界上唯一一位三夺世界杯的球员。